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Global Forums in Asia and Europe
For those alumni who attended conferences in Taiwan and
Germany last summer, it was an opportunity to hear fresh
perspectives on business conditions in Asia and Europe.
News Flash!
For the third time in a row, Wharton has been named the
number one business school in the U.S. by Business Week
magazine in its biennial ranking of MBA programs.
Wharton Honors Chair of India's Reliance Industries
Dhirubhai H. Ambani, founder and chairman of India’s
Reliance Industries, Ltd., was awarded the Dean’s Medal at
a ceremony in Mumbai, India, on June 15.
Class of WG’98 Scores High on Job Offers
The high-tech/telecommunications
industry strengthened its position as the third largest employer
of MBAs, with 5.9 percent of the class of 1998 accepting jobs
in that sector as opposed to 5.6 percent in 1997.
Fellowship Established
The family of Houston A. Baker, Sr., WG’37, one of the first
African Americans to earn an MBA from Wharton, has
established a fellowship in his honor.
MBA Applications Set Record
Driven by a significant increase in the number of international
students, a record 8,313 people applied to the MBA
class of WG’00, 11.4 percent more than last year.
Undergrad Applications: On the Leading Edge
Applicants to Wharton’s undergraduate class of 2002 totaled
3,855, an 11.3 percent increase over last year’s 3,464.
New Faces on Faculty
The 14 new faculty at Wharton this year bring with them a
variety of research interests ranging from financial accounting,
game theory and international non-market strategy to
consumer shopping behavior and privatization.
Book Report: Natural Hazards and the Insurance Industry
The effectiveness of insurance coverage for natural disasters
like earthquakes and hurricanes — and how insurance
programs can be used with other policy tools to encourage
better loss reduction measures — is the subject of a new
book co-edited by a Wharton professor.
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